Game apparatus



(No Model.)

. D. CLEMENT.

GAME APPARATUS.

No. 443,668. Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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DOLPI'IUS CLEMENT, OF LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA- GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,668, dated December 30, 1890.

' Application filed February 4, 1890. Serial No. 339,174. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOLPHUS CLEMENT, of Lansdale, Montgomery county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to game apparatus; and it consists of certain improvements, which are fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide an interesting game apparatus which shall require the exercise of more or less skill upon the part of the operator.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable box possessing certain peculiarities of construction,hereinafter set forth, and one or more rolling objects or balls, the object of the game being by the manipulation of the box to cause the balls to roll into certain positions without touching them with the hands or otherwise. Game apparatuses have heretofore been devised in which the balls were caused to roll upon the fiat surface of the box or object to assume certain positions thereon, the balls never leaving the flat surface.

In my apparatus the object, on the other hand,is to cause the balls to leavetheflatsurface and to assume certain positions upon the devices carried by the box. The construction is, furthermore, of such a character that it offers considerable variety in the game, an element which is always an important one in devices of this kind.

In carrying out my invention I employ a pivoted supporting-piece provided with suitable recesses for the balls, and by means of convcniently-arranged inclined planes the balls may be moved up on this pivoted supporting-piece and caused to assume a position in the recesses or supports thereon.

Referring to the drawings for greater particularity, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved game apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view of the same upon the line 00 cc of Fig. 2.

A is the box, having the bottom B.

C C are guidewaysinclining upwardlyfrom the bottom B of the box, up which the balls or rolling objects H may be caused to travel by the manipulation of the box. In practice I prefer to employ two of these raised guideways and to form each one inclining upwardly upon each side and flattened at the top, as illustrated in the drawings, so that the balls may be caused to roll up the inclined planes from either side.

D are recesses or ball-supports formed at the flattened portion or top of the inclined planes 0.

E is a pivoted piece preferably arranged adjacent to the inclined planes 0 C. It is immaterial how this pivoted piece is supported, though I prefer to support it by pivoting it between the two inclined guideways O O by means of a pin or rod I, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. v This pivoted piece has its central portion F preferably enlarged. so as to be immediately adjacent to the flat portion of the inclined guideways O C.

G G are recesses or ball-supports formed upon the ends or arms of the pivoted piece E upon each side of the pivot.

H are the balls or rolling objects.

The operation of the device will now be apparent. One or more balls maybe employed, and the object of the game is to cause these balls to leave the surface orbottom B and roll up the inclined plane G upon the pivoted piece E and assume a position in one of the recesses G. o The recesses or supports D may be employed for the purpose of assisting the manipulation of the ball by affording a suitable support at the top of the inclined guideways. It will be seen that it will require considerable skill to manipulate the balls so as to bring one of them to rest in each of the recesses G upon the extremities of the pivoted piece E.

The apparatus here described is obviously susceptible of modification without in any way departing from the principles of my invention; If desired, only one. of theinclinedguideways may be employed, and the pivoting of the piece E may be omitted.

Having now described my in vent-ion, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a game apparatus, the combination,

with one or more rolling balls, of a suitable supporting surface, a pivoted support arranged in a plane above said supporting-surface, and an inclined guideway leading from.

said supporting-surface to said pivoted support.

9. In a game apparatus, the combination, with one or more rolling balls, of a suitable supportingsurface, an inclined guideway leading from said supporting-sirrfaee, and a supporting-piece pivoted adjacent to the top of said inclined gnideWa-y.

In a game apparatus, the combination, with one or more rolling balls, of a suitable supporting-surface, a guideway leading from said supporting-surface and inclining upward from opposite sides, and a supporting pieee pivoted adjacent to the top of said inclined guideway.

4. In a game apparatus, the combination, with one or more rolling balls, of a suitable supporting surface, an inclined guideway leading; from said supportirig-surface, a supporting-piece pivoted adjacent to the top of said inclined guideway, and a recess or ball support at the top oi said inclined guideway.

In a game apparatus, the combination, with one or more rolling balls, of a suitable supporting surface, an inclined guideway leading from said supporting-surface, and a supporting-piece pivoted adjacent to the top of said inclined gnideway and provided with outwardly-extending arms on each side of the pivot-point.

6. In a game apparatus, the combination, with the supporting surface or base, of two inclined guideways inclining upward from the base, a second ,supporting-surtace located in a higher plane than thelowersupportingsurface or base substantially level with the upper portions of the inclined guideways and having lateral extensions or arms provided i with recesses, and balls or movable objects adapted to be rolled up the inclined planes upon the intermediate supportirig-surface to the recesses in the lateral extensions or arms. In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

DOLIII US ULEMFN'I. Witnesses:

A. R. PLACE, J. HORACE lrANDlS. 

